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The sky here looks different, somehow.Fri, 02 Mar 2018 05:11:53 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4February Story Now Live; Submissions Now Closedhttp://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=447
http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=447#respondThu, 01 Mar 2018 06:12:24 +0000http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=447Pleased to report that our February story, “Baking Day” by A.L. Sirois, is now live! A.L. Sirois is a writer, developmental editor, graphic artist and a performing musician. He has had fiction published inIsaac Asimov‘s Science Fiction Magazine, Fantastic, Amazing Stories, and Thema, and online at Electric Spec, Every Day Fiction and Flash Fiction Online, among other publications. His story In the Conservatory was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Other works include a children’s book, Dinosaur Dress Up (Tambourine Press / William Morrow). His graphic novel, THE ENDLESS INCIDENT, based on a video game, was published in February, 2016. Al has been playing drums for over fifty years in rock and jazz combos. As an artist, he has hundreds of drawings, paintings and illustrations to his credit. Al has contributed comic art for DC, Marvel, and Charlton, and has scripted for Warren Publications. He wrote and drew “Bugs in the System” for witzend #12, the famous comics fanzine started by MAD artist Wally Wood. He lives in Rockingham County, North Carolina with his wife and occasional collaborator, author Grace Marcus. Together they are writing a Young Adult novel set in ancient Egypt. Al is on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/al.sirois and Twitter at @realAlSirois. His woefully out-of-date website is http://www.alsirois.com.

And the end of February also marks the close of our submission period. Thanks so much for reading and writing.

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http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=438#respondThu, 01 Feb 2018 06:34:22 +0000http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=438Our January story, “The Fourth World” by Evelyn Deshane, is now live! Evelyn has appeared in Plenitude Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Lackington’s. Their chapbook, Mythology, was released in 2015 with The Steel Chisel. Evelyn (pron. Eve-a-lyn) received an MA from Trent University and currently studying for PhD at Waterloo University. Visit them at: evedeshane.wordpress.com

Hope everyone’s 2018 is off to a good start!

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http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=434#respondSun, 31 Dec 2017 23:04:30 +0000http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=434Pleased to announce that our December story, “Who Will Ride The Spirit Horse?” by Adrian Simmons, is now live!

It’s technically not January yet but it’s close enough that I’m going to go ahead and declare submissions open until the end of February. Send ’em in!

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http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=421#respondFri, 01 Dec 2017 04:34:59 +0000http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=421Pleased to report that our November story, “Melusine” by Jesse Weiner, is now live! Jesse lives in Colorado with her husband, daughter, and two fur children. Her short stories have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and Youth Imagination Magazine, among other publications. When she’s not writing or chasing her babies, Jesse enjoys hiking and photography. Find her at jessemaeweiner.com, or connect with her on instagram @jesse.weiner.
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http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=410#respondWed, 01 Nov 2017 05:57:25 +0000http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=410Pleased to announce that our October story, “Zero, Twenty-Two” by M. Raoulee, is now live! M. Raoulee is an author and artist living in Virginia with several cats, more plotbunnies and a hoard of vintage beads.
]]>http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?feed=rss2&p=4100September Story Now Live!http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=405
http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=405#respondSun, 01 Oct 2017 04:44:24 +0000http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=405We’re pleased to report that our newest story, “Silverlace” by David Barber, is now live!

Responses to our most recent submission window are going out tonight and tomorrow; if you haven’t heard back within a couple days, something has probably gone wrong so you should drop us a line and see what’s up.

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http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=397#respondFri, 01 Sep 2017 03:18:03 +0000http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=397Pleased to report that our August story, “Honorary Whites” by Christine Ro, is now live! Christine is a London-based writer, mainly of nonfiction.

And with the end of the month comes the end of our current submission window. Thanks for reading and submitting!

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http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=392#respondMon, 31 Jul 2017 06:22:25 +0000http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=392Pleased to announce that our July story, “Jeshua” by Heather McLellan, is now live! Heather is a professional writer and editor based in California’s beautiful Bay Area, where she shares a room by the ocean with her husband and her dog. She finds every sunset bewildering.
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http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=380#respondFri, 30 Jun 2017 06:25:39 +0000http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=380We’re pleased to announce that our June story, “The Prince and the Pirate” by Andrea Tang, is now live! Andrea is a writer, foreign affairs wonk, and recovering liberal arts graduate whose word-wrangling has appeared in various venues and various forms.
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http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=369#respondSat, 27 May 2017 09:01:01 +0000http://www.strangeconstellations.com/?p=369Due to an administrative mix-up we actually have two stories for you this month! The first is a tale called “A Beautiful Moment of Shared Destruction,” by Joe Jablonski. Joe writes out of Charlotte NC. He Has work published in over 40 markets including K-zine, Eschatology, Liquid Imagination, and Aurora Wolf, as well as having be twice nominated for the pushcart prize. You can check out his blog at jablonskijoe.blogspot.com.

Our second story is “Deliverance” by Katherine Givens. Katherine is working towards an M.S. in Library Sciences from Drexel University. She has publications in numerous print and online magazines, including WestWard Quarterly, Tipton Poetry Journal, The Copperfield Review, Nazar Look, and From the Depths. She also published Passages of Love: A Collection of Poems with Nazar Look in November 2015. Learn more about Katherine and her writing at katherinegivensauthor.com.